Manti Te’o has missed one day of workouts, for Katie Couric

Posted by Michael David Smith on February 18, 2013, 5:02 PM EDT

Reuters

As former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o does his best to stay out of the media spotlight until the NFL draft, a couple of people who have been working out with him say the bizarre story of his fake dead girlfriend was only an issue for one day of his pre-Combine workouts.

Former Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert, who is working out with Te’o at the IMG Academy in Florida, says Te’o is committed to his pre-draft work.

“Manti has been the same Manti I went to college with,’’ Eifert told ESPN.com. “He left to do the Katie Couric interview for one day and I think he was back that same night. He’s been out on the field working just like he’s always worked. I’ve tried to be there for him, but I don’t know that he’s needed all that much help because he’s such a strong person to begin with.’’

Chris Weinke, the former NFL quarterback who is now director of football operations at IMG Academy, offered the same assessment.

“He missed precisely one day,’’ Weinke said. “He’s gone about his business and been the same guy all along. I really admire that because a lot of guys his age would not be able to handle this as well as he has. I haven’t seen any signs of it being a distraction and I expect him to go up to Indianapolis and have a great Combine.’’

If Te’o does have a great Combine, it could go a long way toward convincing NFL teams that Te’o’s off-field distractions are behind him.

Hahaha you people are too much. I would loveeeee for him to fall to the Texans in the 1st round, but there’s most likely no way of that happening since NFL Owners are smart people, unlike you guys.

It’s not like he got caught using steroids or failed a drug test. It’s not like he was cheating in his classes or forged his SAT scores/had someone else take them. It’s not like he was receiving money illegally for playing or trading signed memorabilia for tattoo’s. It’s not like he got a DUI or got in a drunken fight. It’s not like killed anybody or even got arrested!

I don’t see how he can drop out of the top 15 in the draft. He is one heck of a LB. Pretty much Troy Polumalu at MLB. That’s pretty scary. I would love to see Houston draft him, but no way it happens. My 2 cents.

Those who think he did nothing wrong didnt hear him lying on all those interviews to gain sympathy during his Heisman capmaign. This spin doctoring to cover up just reeks of PR agents and handlers. He’s either gay, a pathological liar, and/or the , ost naive gullible person in the world. Either way it’s not looking good for him.

Hahaha you people are too much. I would loveeeee for him to fall to the Texans in the 1st round, but there’s most likely no way of that happening since NFL Owners are smart people, unlike you guys.

It’s not like he got caught using steroids or failed a drug test. It’s not like he was cheating in his classes or forged his SAT scores/had someone else take them. It’s not like he was receiving money illegally for playing or trading signed memorabilia for tattoo’s. It’s not like he got a DUI or got in a drunken fight. It’s not like killed anybody or even got arrested!

I don’t see how he can drop out of the top 15 in the draft. He is one heck of a LB. Pretty much Troy Polumalu at MLB. That’s pretty scary. I would love to see Houston draft him, but no way it happens. My 2 cents.
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On the biggest stage of his career to date, he was last seen getting faceplanted, pancaked, and completely run over by Alabama’s offensive line and running backs. It’s been established that he’s not strong enough, not fast enough, not quick enough, not tough enough, and either amazingly gullible, arrogant, self-promoting, self-centered, stupid, or a combination thereof.

When he showed up for the interview, he was told that Katie couldn’t make it. She had been mauled by a Bear and needed treatment in Nigeria. While there, she learned that she has 2 days to live and needs you to wire her $1M US Dollars to survive.

So, she and Manti just conducted the interview on the phone–where they both fell gently to sleep……after he wired the money.

He lied for the publicity, he has failed the biggest of tests…. Character, add that to his crappy performance against Alabama, he is big and strong against weak ND opponents, comes up small against real competition, Draft Bust don’t waste the pick on him, let him be someone else’s mistake …. Hahahahaha